Drinks Make It All The Merrier: Holiday Cocktail Recipes

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

With all the traveling, deadlines, gift-buying, revelry, eating, game-watching, gift-giving and more eating that will be going on for the holidays, there's one more thing to be thankful for. Yes, yes, yes of course you're thankful for health, family, warmth, generosity blah blah blah but let's keep it real right now. With all the aforementioned in addition to the holiday season's frenetic pace, cold weather woes and über-marketing shenanigans aren't we also very thankful for that special partaking. Not any Secret Santa exchange or singing caroles as a family or even gathering around the hearth. True gratefulness is the ability to make all the revelry seem not so draining with the partaking of a nice stiff cocktail.

Un-festive? Hardly! The holiday season would not be complete without the traditional egg nog, hot toddies or glogg. However, if those are or aren't your things, then why not create your own personal holiday spirit with the spirit of your choice. I know I'd like to see my number one drink choices of tequila and whiskey don something more festive after it fills up my glass. Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of sampling a Four Roses, a full and fragrant single barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Then I imbibed in the crisp, smooth fresh punch of Casa Noble's Triple distilled Reposado Tequila. The following two recipes offer a great tasting familiar and a shake up to the mundane holiday offerings and will most assuredly make the holidays less "ugh" and more "ahh".

Four Calling Birds (recipe from Jay Silverman from Agave, NY)

1.5 oz Casa Noble Reposado

1 oz Manzanilla Sherry

Old

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Fashioned Eggnog

6 eggs

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 pint cream

1 pint milk

2 cups Four Roses

Small Batch

1 oz. aged Jamaica rum

Beat the yolks and whites of 6 eggs separately. Add 1/2 cup of sugar

they have been beaten very stiff. Combine the egg whites with the

3/4 oz Apricot Liqueur

Lime Zest

Stir together the tequila, sherry and apricot liqueur until chilled and serve straight up in a martini glass or on the rocks. Using a zester or microplane garnish with lime zest.

Old-Fashioned Egg Nog

6 eggs

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 pint cream

1 pint milk

2 cups Four Roses Whiskey

1 oz aged Jamaican Rum

Beat the yolks and white of 6 eggs separately. Add 1/2 cup of sugar to the yolks while beating. Add 1/4 cup os sugar to the whites after they have been beaten very stiff. Combine the egg whites with the yolks. Pour in cream and milk, as well as the bourbon and rum. Stir thoroughly. Serve very cold with grated nutmeg and/or cinnamon.

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